The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-29
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

A slight shock of earthquake was felt al
Augusta, Ga, about 1870 last night.
Jennie knight and Annie Raymond, two
soiled doves, quarreed and fought in a St Louis
saloon Saturday night, and Annie killed Jennie
with dagger.
The Cunarder Umbria yesterday landed al
New York GIL first class cabin passengers, the
largest number brought over on a trans.
atlantic steamer.
The record of yellow fever cases M to date,
according to the reports of the Key West board
Of health, is as follows: New cases, l. deaths.
60; discharged cured III; still sick. 80.
Rodney d. Wells, proprietor of the oldest
oueenswars and glass house in st Louis, made
assignment. Saturday. to +. A Wind The
assets consist of stock valued at $50 900; the liza
bilities not stated.
passenger train on the West Shore railroad
collided with freight train near Port Byron, N.
Y. yesterday. The express messenger was
killed and eng neers Miller, of the passenger
train. and Ludwig, of the freight train, were in
jured.
Burglars riaed the safe of Lorenz & Elk. jew
eers, of Milwaukee. Saturday night, and Sc
cured diamonds and watches valued at 81, 200.
When Mr. Elk awoke yesterday morning he
found that burglars bad entered his residence
and stolen his clothes, thus securing the keys to
his store.
The disorder in Decatur. Ga, on Saturday, was
not in any a conflict between the races A
drunken negro disturbed religious meeting and
several colored toughs resisted arrest In the
melee pistol shots were fired and the whites be-
pears without cause.
Professor Brooks of the Red House Observa-
tory. at Phillips, n. Y, yesterday morning OBJ
tanned n good observation of the comet 3
rently discovered by him in the eastern heavens.
The comet is now in constellation Cancer, one
degree east of the star Iota IL is moving less
than degree daily towards the sun. and be-
coming brighter
Saturday, in Kansas City, Kan, Pat Shea,
aged twentyone. shot and killed his step brother,
John Collins, aged eighteen Later in the night
Shea, while being pursued by Officer Fleming In
Kansas City, Mo-, shot him in the left shoulder
Shea claims that the shooting of Collins &C.
cidental and that he did not fire at Officer Flem-
ing. He mad been drinking.
Nine years ago yardmaster Ellander Colwel,
of Detroit employed by the Michigan Central
railroad, censured by coroners jury in
connection with a wreck involving considerable
loss of life. Colwell has never ceased to brood
over the circumstance, and yesterday made a
desperate effort to commit suicide by cutting his
throaG He is expected to recover
James Feeney and Patrick McDermott quar-
relied at dance in Ashtabula o., Saturday
night. While Feeney was on his way home
with two ladies McDermott stole up behind and
shot him in the back with revolver. The ball
penetrated one of Feeneys lungs, and he will
die. McDermott is under arrest, as is also a
man named Bushnell, to whom the revolver be-
longed.
John B. Lake, a young married man of good
family, was killed at Whitesville. KY. Sat
urday. by Frank Sparks barkeeper Lake
was drunk, and became very violent upon
Sparks refusal to sell him any liquor He
cleaned out the saloon, and was making for the
proprietor when the latter drew a shotgun from
behind the bar and fred, killing him instantly.
Sparks had to be removed from the county JAIL
owing the excitement